What is the 'data2' directory for?

From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: What is the 'data2' directory for?
Date: 2016-10-25 22:03:43
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.10.1610251801160.4473@z87
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I notice that PostgreSQL (both 9.5.4 and 9.6) create a 'data2' directory
as a peer to the 'data' directory I specified at database initialization.
What is this directory for and what parameter determines its location?

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